“He Never Let Go”: George Strait, Roy Cooper, and the Final Gift That Survived the Flames
Abilene, Texas —It was a farewell no one was ready for.When George Strait took the podium at the funeral of his longtime friend and rodeo icon Roy Cooper, he wasn’t standing as a country music legend — he was standing as a man mourning his brother. “We rode different horses,” George said, pausing to gather…